It’s possible City will slip up and let us in, says Greenwood
MASON GREENWOOD scored twice to sink Burnley at Old Trafford and then warned Manchester City that ‘anything is possible’ in the Premier League title race. Manchester United’s win put them eight points behind Pep Guardiola’s league leaders with six games left to play. City famously recovered from the same position to snatch the title away from United nine years ago and Greenwood believes the same is possible now. ‘You can never be sure, they might slip up,’ said United’s 19-year-old striker. ‘Anything’s possible. Hopefully they drop some points but we just have to keep focused on our games.’ Manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer praised his players for maintaining their pursuit of City and promised to fight until the end. ‘I’m really proud that we never give up and we have proven so many times this season our fitness and resilience,’ said Solskjaer. ‘It’s unrealistic but stranger things have happened in football. We just have to do our job.’ Burnley boss Sean Dyche felt the scoreline was harsh on his team after they fought back to equalise before losing to two late goals. ‘I wouldn’t like to disrespect them because they are a top side but it was a closer affair than the scoreline suggests for sure,’ said Dyche. ‘I thought we were seeing the game out well and might have had the chance to nick it, then they get one out of the blue. It’s a double deflection, one off Charlie Taylor and then one off Jack Cork.’ Defeat left Burnley six points off the relegation zone but with a game in hand on third-from-bottom Fulham. ‘We’re still battling away down there and mentality is the key,’ said goalscorer James Tarkowski. ‘We can’t rely on other teams to do our job for us. We are still in the fight until it’s done.’